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Believe like perhaps all of my colleagues in the senate that in the choice between standing with senate norms or standing up for what my conscious tells me is best for our country, i will always choose conscious and country. >> that senator who cory booker was breaking precedent for in the united states senate, it was republican senator jeff sessions of alabama. jeff sessions was a senate back bencher, a man whose nomination to be a district court judge had failed years before after accusations of racism against him. he was never a particularly senior senator or a particularly influential sena...

One of my colleagues but i believe why perhaps all of my colleagues in the senate, in the choice between standing with senate norms or standing up for what my conscious tells me is best for our country, i will always choose conscience and country. >> that senator who cory booker was breaking president for in the united states senate, it was republican senator jeff sessions of alabama. he was a senate back bencher, a district court judge failed years before after accusations of racism against him. session was never a particularly senior senator or particularly influential senator but the hard l...

Are the guardians of the taxpayer dollars. the gop loves railing about this. yes, there's all that price tape. but it's -- the fact that these two would be the first is just kind of -- >> when you're a back bencher in congress, it's easy to give speeches railing against. this is a former ethics official, walter shaub, he's left the murnadministration. he says, why wouldn't tom price do this because of the signals that the president sends. >> when you have a president not only not divesting his private properties, but traveling to them frequently at great expense to the taxpayer. every one of t...

Of. this that's all she is sorry about. but you know what? i know her first name is jemele. i don't watch. i have seen her before. she is a back bencher. okay. sometimes when you are in that situation, you do or say things to bring attention to yourself to try to lift you up to where the stars are on that show on espn. you know, this term racism is thrown around so much, it doesn't even have any meaning anymore. it's been so diluted. everybody sr. a bigot. everybody is a racist. everybody is a fas fascist. come on now. when sports starts to seep into politics it's disastrous. you can see that ...

This. it is interesting that he is not reading the room. it is clear donald trump would like him to go, he seems to be hanging on. my guess is that his ideological reasons, wanting civil asset forfeiture, wants his dream of going after voters, these are things he wanted to do his whole life. he was a back bencher. he is not willing to go. how does this end up? >> i don't know. i think it is likely the president winds up firing him because he doesn't have any friends in washington, but that sets up another crisis. how do you confirm another attorney general in this climate. as critical as i hav...